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F&M Takes Care of Haverford in CC Semifinal

from press release

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – No. 6 Franklin &
Marshall defeated Haverford 15-7 in the Centennial Conference (CC)
Women's Lacrosse Semifinals Saturday afternoon. F&M will face
fifth-ranked Gettysburg in tomorrow's championship game at 1:00
p.m. held in Gettysburg. The game will mark the 10th time the two
teams have faced off for the CC Crown with the Diplomats holding a
slight 5-4 advantage.

Caroline Krohn and Kimberly Abruzzo both tallied three goals
while Casey Madden, Emily Everdell and Maggie Mae Shields finished
with a pair. Brittney Jorgenson, Grace Saliba, and Mary Mitchell
each scored a point for the Diplomats (14-3). Lauren Selawski,
Anastasia Mergner, Ali Kelly along with Jorgenson and Mitchell all
handed out one assist.

Krohn got her first two in the first seven minutes of action to
put F&M up 2-0. Mitchell found Shields at 22:32 to make it 3-0
before the Fords (13-5) found the net a minute later. F&M
answered with two straight from Shields and Jorgenson and Diana
Perry brought Haverford within three, 5-2, with 10:04 left in the
half.

The Diplomats scored another pair with Everdell and Abruzzo
doing the damage, but the Fords answered with two of their own to
make it 7-4 at the break.

F&M opened the second with a convincing 4-0 run to take a
commanding 11-4 lead with 20:19 left to play. Haverford put one
through at 19:56 before Madden and Saliba struck four minutes apart
to give F&M a 13-5 lead. The Fords responded with two straight
and the Diplomats matched that with two more goals by Abruzzo that
made it 15-7 with 49 seconds left to play.

Emily D'Erasmo had three ground balls and two caused turnovers
while Jen Noon, Kelsey Hoffman and A. Kelly also caused two
turnovers.

Hoffman went to 14-3 on the season with nine stops and Shannon
Horn took the loss with 16 saves.